The overall goal of the project is to empower Roma and pro-Roma NGOs operating in the Hungarian-Slovakian border region to effectively assess the needs and act in order to improve the quality of life of their communities by absorbing funds, managing projects and establishing effective cross-sectoral partnerships on local and regional level.

The duration of the project: 1st October, 2012 – 30th September, 2013

The main objectives of the project are:

To improve the skills and organizational capacities of representatives of 10 Slovakian and Hungarian Roma or pro-Roma NGOs by providing them practice-oriented training based on the method of learning by doing in the following topics: needs assessment, community-mobilizing, community development, project idea development, proposal writing, and project implementation.